05/12/1903
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"We owe it to them that there is an America today."
"We can not afford, if we are to make this republic true to its promise, if we are to make its mighty future as essentially great as is its past, we cannot, as citizens, afford to sunder in the deep ma..."
"I feel that I am not a stranger among you as I was engaged for 20 years in the cow-business in this State."
"It is a fitting thing to be introduced on Decoration Day by a United States senator, who not only served in the great Civil War, but to whom it was given to win the highest treasure that can come to a..."